Category name service

• US 20020120754A1
• Filed: 02/28/2001
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Todd J., Larason, John T., Packer, Alan C., Caird, Stephen, Lamkins, David B.
• Granted Patent: US 7,213,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/365 Application layer names, e.g. buddy names, unstructured names chosen by a user or home appliance name
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A category name service is provided to conditionally return a category name for a data object upon request. The category name is returned is the category name is known or if the requester has subscribed for dynamic determination service, and the dynamic determination is successful. In selected embodiments, the category name service includes the dynamic determination service. In selected embodiments, the category name service also provides for the requestor to request review of a returned category name and/or request override of a returned category name. In selected embodiments, the category name service also includes the dynamic determination, review, and/or override service.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request to provide a category name for a data object;

determining if the category name for the data object is known;

determining if the category name is to be dynamically determined if the category name is not known;

at least requesting the unknown category name to be dynamically determined if it is determined that the unknown category name is to be dynamically determined; and

returning the category name to a requester of the request if the category name is known or if unknown, dynamically determined.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving of a request to provide a category name for a data object comprises receiving a uniform resource locator for the data object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining if the category name for the data object is known comprises attempting to retrieve the category name from a datastore.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said attempting to retrieve comprises attempting to retrieve the category name from a local datastore.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining if the category name is to be dynamically determined if the category name is not known comprises determining if a requestor of the request has subscribed for dynamic evaluation service.

6. The method of claim 5, where said determining if a requester of the request has subscribed for dynamic evaluation service comprises retrieving subscribed service information of the requester.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least requesting the unknown category name to be dynamically determined if it is determined that the unknown category name is to be dynamically determined comprises requesting a dynamic evaluation service to determine the category name of the data object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said data object is a web page of a web site, and said dynamic evaluation service further automatically determining category names for all unknown web pages of the web site.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises receiving a second request to review the category name returned for the data object, and at least requesting review of the returned category name.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said at least requesting review of the returned category name comprises re-assessing association of the data object with the returned category name.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises receiving a second request to override the category name returned for the data object, determining a requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override, and if the requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override, overriding stored category name(s) of the data object.

12. The method of claim 11, where said determining if a requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override comprises retrieving privilege information of the requestor.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said at least requesting review of the returned category name comprises re-assessing association of the data object with the returned category name.

16. The method of claim 15, where said determining if a requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override comprises retrieving privilege information of the requestor.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said at least requesting to have stored category name(s) of the data object to be overridden comprises overriding stored category name(s) of the data object.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first one or more functions are designed to receive a uniform resource locator for the data object.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first one or more functions are designed to determine if the category name for the data object is known by attempting to retrieve the category name from a datastore.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first one or more functions are designed to perform said attempting to retrieve by attempting to retrieve the category name from a local datastore, and the storage medium further having stored therein said local datastore.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first one or more functions are designed to determine if the category name is to be dynamically determined if the category name is not known by determining if a requestor of the request has subscribed for dynamic evaluation service.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, where said first one or more functions are designed to determine if a requestor of the request has subscribed for dynamic evaluation service by retrieving subscribed service information of the requester.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the plurality of functions further include second one or more functions to dynamically determine a category name for a data object, and the first one or more functions are designed to request the second one or more functions to determine the category name of the data object.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said data object is a web page of a web site, and said second one or more functions further automatically determining category names for all unknown web pages of the web site.

26. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the first one or more functions are also designed to receive a second request to review the category name returned for the data object, and to at least request review of the returned category name.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the plurality of functions further include second one or more functions to re-assess association of a data object with a category name, and said first one or more functions are designed to request the second one or more functions to re-assess association of the data object with the returned category name.

28. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the first one or more functions are also designed to receive a second request to override the category name returned for the data object, to determine if a requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override, and if the requester of the requested override is authorized to request the override, to override stored category name(s) of the data object.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, where the first one or more functions are designed to determine if a requester of the requested override is authorized to request the override by retrieving privilege information of the requestor.

13. A method comprising:

receiving a first request to provide a category name for a data object;

returning the category name to a requestor of the first request;

receiving a second request to review the category name returned for the data object; and

at least requesting review of the returned category name.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a first request to provide a category name for a data object;

returning the category name to a requestor of the first request;

receiving a second request to override the category name returned for the data object;

determining a requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override; and

if the requester of the requested override is authorized to request the override, to at least request to have stored category name(s) of the data object to be overridden.

18. An apparatus comprising:

storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to implement a plurality of functions of a category name service for providing a category name to a data object, including first one or more functions

to receive a request to provide a category name for a data object,

to determine if the category name for the data object is known,

to determine if the category name is to be dynamically determined if the category name is not known,

to at least request the unknown category name to be dynamically determined 10 if it is determined that the unknown category name is to be dynamically determined, and

to return the category name to a requestor of the request if the category name is known or if unknown, dynamically determined; and

one or more processors coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.

30. An apparatus comprising:

storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to implement a plurality of functions for a category name service to provide a category name to a data object, including first one or more functions

to receive a first request to provide a category name for a data object,

to return the category name to a requestor of the first request,

to receive a second request to review the category name returned for the data object, and

to at least request review of the returned category name; and

one or more processors coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the plurality of functions further include second one or more functions to re-assess association of a data object with a category name, and the first one or more functions are designed to request the second one or more functions to re-assess association of the data object with the returned category name.

32. An apparatus comprising:

storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to implement a plurality of functions of a category name service for providing a category name to a data object, including first one or more functions

to receive a first request to provide a category name for a data object,

to return the category name to a requestor of the first request,

to receive a second request to override the category name returned for the data object,

to determine a requestor of the requested override is authorized to request the override, and

if the requester of the requested override is authorized to request the override, to at least request to have stored category name(s) of the data object to be overridden; and

one or more processors coupled to the storage medium to execute the programming instructions.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, where said first one or more functions determination of whether a requester of the requested override is authorized to request the override includes retrieving privilege information of the requestor.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said at least requesting to have stored category name(s) of the data object to be overridden comprises overriding stored category name(s) of the data object.